Porch-swing.



S. U. IO'HNSON.

PORCH SWING.

APPLICATION man J'uLY 5. me.

Patented Aug. 21, v15m.

2 SHEETS-SHEEI`1.

S. UJOHNSON.

PoRcH SWING. n .i APPLICATION FlLED JULY 5. l9l6.

Patented Aug. 21, 11917.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.-

` T all whomz' may cohcerit Be it known that I, Sinner U. prinsen, acitizen of the. United States, residing `at Universal, in the county ofVermilion and State `of Indiana, have invented `new and usefulImprovements in Porch-Swings, of

A which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in the construction of porchswings.

In carrying out my inventionit is my purp pose to produce a porch swingof an treniely simple constructionincluding a plat form havinga seat ateach of the endsthere` i of p and being i provided with A means attachedto the supporting elements for the. chair whereby veither of the saidseatsmay be adjusted independently of the other seat so that the seatsmay be retained at a different inclination if desired. Y

It is also my purpose "to-produce a porch swing so constructed andarranged as `to permit of the folding of the parts, so that the swingmay be collapsed into a small nickasc for storage or trans ortation. .Yo o It is a further object of the invention to so construct and connectthe parts of a porch form which is arched so as to present a natural andcomfortable support for ,the seat either when the swing is or is not inmotion. With the above and other objects in view the improvement residesin the construction,

combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following`specification and falling within the scope of the appended claim.

n the drawings:

Figure 1 is aside elevation ofa swing constructedin accordance with thepresent invention, `the dotted lines illustrating 'the manner in whichone of the seats may be adjusted without interfering with thc positionof the other seat,

Fig. 2 is an end view of the same,

. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view approximately on the line 3 3 ofFig. 1, and

Fig. 41 is a perspective view of the device folded. i

Preferably I construct the platform of two elongated side pieces 1-1which have their upper edges rounded from their central portions totheir ends, the said sides rr ric-- sinnery U; Jornvsoiv, or UNIVERSAL,INDIANA.

Ponen-swine.

Specification of Letters Patent. i Patjntd Aug', 21, 1917,

Application inea Jury 5.71916. semaine. 107,657.

which straddle the notches so as to have ltheir i arms in aline with theside walls of' the.y

notches. `Through these yokes I pass a metal rod 6 which is adapted torest in thenotches 5 when the swing is in its set up position. l

To the projecting ends ofthe Arespective rods `3 and 6 "I pivotally.connectvthe side members or Stiles 7 of the back members 8 and 9respectively. The spaced side mem-j; bers or stiles 7 of each of theback members 8 and9 are connected by upper `and lower transverse strips10 andv11 respectively, and the adjacent vor confronting edges of thesestrips may be mortised to receive the tongues of vertically extendingslats 12--12.

To the sides or stiles 7 of the back members S and 9, directlybelow theconnecting strips 11 I pivotally secure the side members 14 of the seats15 and 16. The oppositely disposed ypairs of side members for each ofthe seats 15 and 16 are connected by transverse slats 17 which may besecured to the said members ltin any desired or preferred manner. y

To `the side members 14; of the seats 15 and 16 adjacent the outer endsthereof I secure the flexible hanging supports 18, the said supportsbeing preferably in the nature of chains and having their upper and freeends provided with rings 19 which are adapted to receive the supportinghooks 20 that are secured to the roof of the porch or to any otherstructure upon which the swing is to be arranged;

Secured to the projecting ends of the rods 8. and 6 and connected withthe side members 141 of the seats 15 and 16, at the points thereon towhich the hanging support is secured, are flexible stay members 21 whichare adapted to limit the upward swinging of the seats 15 and 16 andthese stay memthe upperedges ythereof are arranged-hooks `22-22, sindconnected with the hunger members 18 21S at 23, ereedieseee elemeetsipreferably in the nature of chains, whereby certain of the links 25 ofthe said chf-eins i may bey arranged to engage with the hooks22fenldse-uermit ethernet the Semesterbewhich suoli 'inventionzrppertains `Without' further detiled description.

lhen the device is tojbe rfolded the flexs` fire, of course, removedfrom the `supporti'n, hools ysind the beek member 8vis,fsfwiingjuIlClQr,thelower edges of the side'members' ofthe platform,and the seat 15 eeeeeejedvitih the seid beck 8 is swung ine lfiewit'hthe Seid .Side members '0f the the' buck 9 brouofli't out of lthenotches into theieles 5` SQ @het ,the ,Said bfwlseiey .be

Copies 'ofthis patent rngy -be obtained `for swungunder the folded backand seat, the seat 16 of the back 9 being folded in a line with the-isaid beck A:md the flexible elements may be employed for securing thepivoted sections of the chair in their collapsed condition.

Ila'vingfthus described the invention, what l chiim is;

In a porch swing, e platform, u rod pussing` through openings in o neofthe ends of seid platform, u second rod received in notches udjncentthe other end of the suid platform, vsubstmitiully U-shu-ped brucketssecured to the plutform und surrounding the notches, buck members havingsides pivotally secured to the mentioned rods, sent members having oneof ,their ends pivotnlly connected'to the said buck members., u. Hexiblehenger support for the seats secured udjucent the ends of the seidseuts, u flexible stay menjiber secured @to the snidseuts Vut the outerends thereof mid connected with the mentioned rods, e chainmember'secured to the flexible henger supports, mid-hook members uponthe beek adapted to receive one of the links of seid chains.

4In testimony whereof I alix my signature.

SIDNEY u. JoHNsoN.

:five cents'each, by addressing the Commissioner el Patents,Wrashington, 1). G.

